It’s been a fun and busy week!

On Tuesday we celebrated Pancake Day and enjoyed Mrs Stokle’s assembly.  There was lots of spectacular pancake flipping and we enjoyed tasting the end results!

We really enjoyed World Book Day and everyone looked amazing in their outfits!  We had Horrid Henry, Little Red Riding Hood, Billionaire Boy, Elmer, Little Miss Muffet and a Troll!  It was a brilliant day – we listened to lots of stories, and had a fantastic assembly to celebrate our love of books.

In class we have been busy, as usual, painting, playing and generally working really hard.

This afternoon, we have been entertained with a performance of ‘The Selfish Giant’.  It was a great way to end our week!

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Have a brilliant weekend!

We had such a brilliant time celebrating World Book Day yesterday. We were amazed and delighted with the range of costumes the children were dressed in. Thank you so much for taking the time to dress up your child. We prepared the room before the children arrived with a spooky theme for our story of the day “Winnie the Witch” There was subdued lighting and spooky music playing. The children were so excited when they arrived. We listened to a wonderful story told by our Head Girl, Emma and also explored “Winnie the Witch” and “Room on a Broom” (as Lydia was dressed wonderfully for the story) Throughout the morning We made magic potions, magic wands and also spooky black dough.

In the afternoon we went into the Sports Hall to watch a performance of “Going on a Bear Hunt” and also listened whilst Nathan told his special story “The Tortoise and the Hare” to the whole school!. Well Done Nathan. To finish off the day the children showed their costumes on the “Catwalk” Kate was our representative and show cased her costume to perfection.

What a brilliant day. Exhausting but well worth it.

Babs, Ann, Jess and Lindsay

As part of our work on the Romans we were very excited to visit Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum. We set off on Tuesday morning via the military road which was like riding on a roller coaster (lots of ups and downs) and first visited the Roman Army Museum. We went into a Latin classroom with a holographic teacher who appeared from the past, after we rang the bell to get the lesson started. We then watched a 3D movie about Hadrian’s Wall and what life was like at the ‘Edge of the Empire’. It helped make the topic come to life and we felt like we were really there.  Nathan even gave the movie a 5 star rating!

We then got back on the bus and went to Vindolanda. Before we visited the fort we had our lunch in a Roman Dwelling, where we ‘ate like a Roman’. We then went around the museum and looked at all the treasures, hair brushes, jewellery and shoes. We even got to look at the ‘Vindolanda Writing Tablets’.

After the museum we walked up a VERY steep hill which brought us to the Roman Fort. Everyone had fun pretending to ‘live’ in the different buildings and climbing on the walls.

What a brilliant day we all had!

Babs, Lindsay, Ann and Jess

It’s been another busy first week back after our lovely week off!  Hope you all had a nice, relaxing half term!

As you can see from the pictures, we have started to do some new work around personal hygiene routines.  It is important to become as independent as possible, so we are focusing on all the things we can do to help ourselves when we get ready in the morning.   We had a great session ‘taking a shower’ with a spray bottle, washing our hands with soap, drying our hair and brushing our hair.  We have turned our role play area into a bathroom with a dressing table.  We have had great fun styling our hair! Everyone is learning the signs that we need to talk about getting ready in the morning. If you would like a copy of the signs we use for bathroom routines, please let me know.

In our numeracy lessons we have been looking at shapes. We have been sorting by shape and discussing the features of circles, squares and triangles.  Some shapes have curved sides, and others have straight sides and sharp corners.

We have also been practising our pattern making and fine motor skills.  Look at the beautiful necklaces that the girls made, earlier this week!  Beautiful!

We have taken advantage of the warm weather and spent lots of time out and about in our school grounds.  We are starting some work on rubbish and recycling, so we picked up some litter in the school grounds to tidy the place up.  We are also watching some peelings left over from our food tech lesson, to see what happens to them over time.  They are already starting to look a bit yucky!

Have a great weekend!

Hannah and Team

Oops. Something went a bit wrong with that last Blog. Somehow two posts got mixed up & became one! Also some photographs got left behind. We will try & fix this as soon as we can.

Babs, Lindsay, Ann & Jess

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In Numeracy this half term we are learning all about money, the different coins and their values. We have been exploring the different coins and learning a simple song to help us to remember them. On Wednesday we set up a several shops in class including a toy shop, a stationery shop and a fruit and vegetable store where we could practise using money to buy a range of products. We took turns to be the customers and the shopkeepers and used our different coins to buy the goods. The children were totally engaged throughout the activity and are developing their knowledge of money.

Babs, Ann, Jess and Lindsay.

As you know we have been working on our sculptures over the past few weeks. This week we used gold, silver and copper metallic paint to paint them to make them look like they had been constructed out of different types of metal. Next week will be the final stage where we will add different interesting materials to them. What has been wonderful to see, is how some of the children in child led learning time have selected their own materials and made their own structures independently.

We are also continuing to learn about the Romans. This week we began to learn about Roman soldiers, the clothes they wore and the armour and weapons they used. We made our own swords and next week we will design and make our own shields. We are really looking forward to going to Vindolanda on Tuesday to find out more.

Babs, Jess, Lindsay, Ann.